Animal rescuers are offering a $1,000 reward for tips on who tied a rock to the leg of a Labrador retriever-mix and threw him in the Rouge River in Dearborn Heights.

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Tammy Stables Battaglia
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Animal rescuers are offering a $1,000 reward for tips to find out who tied a rock to the leg of a Labrador retriever-mix and threw the dog in the Rouge River in Dearborn Heights.

A passerby noticed the dog in the river near the bridge at Warren Road and Outer Drive about 9:50 p.m. Aug. 26, Dearborn Animal Shelter spokeswoman Sandy Boulton said today. A Dearborn Heights police officer pulled the dog off the bank of the river, muddy but otherwise unharmed.

"It took the dog a couple of days to calm down from what I'm sure was a horrifying experience for him," Boulton said, adding that staff now call the dog ...